Word: macarthurs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...found in Seven Days in May. They are all engaged in a plot to overthrow the President because he has negotiated a disarmament treaty with Russia. Chief conspirator is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General James Scott, who combines Eisenhower's charm with MacArthur's hauteur. Knebel-Bailey save the country from the conspirators, but they might as well have let the military take over, considering that the political savvy of their top politicos is somewhere below the ward heeler level. The Vice President, for instance, talks like a Greenwich Village grocer. "You want...
...other vice presidents to succeed Stanley Resor, then 81, who had run the agency for 44 years. The self-educated son of a railway clerk, Strouse joined Thompson as a space buyer in San Francisco 33 years ago and, after a World War II stint as a major on MacArthur's staff, rode the Ford account to the top of the agency. In his spare time, Strouse turns out handsomely designed pamphlets on a hand printing press in his elegant triplex apartment on Manhattan's Beekman Place...
...learned to respect him, conservative-minded bankers have yet to be convinced that Saxon's bull-in-a-china-shop brand of vitality is what the system needs. The blunt, bustling son of a railroad traffic agent, Toledo-born Jimmy Saxon started World War II as General Douglas MacArthur's financial attaché, saved $80 million in U.S. bullion from falling into Japanese hands on besieged Corregidor; he just loaded the gold aboard a U.S. submarine that happened to need the ballast. From private business and long federal service, notably as top aide to Truman's Treasury...
...hands trembling slightly, MacArthur replied in his deep tones: "I cannot tell you how greatly embarrassed I am at the compliments that have been showered upon me today. I am grateful that the American Congress, after a lapse of sufficient time to be swayed neither by sentiment nor emotion, has rendered an opinion of my services that I feel does me too much honor. I am grateful to the American men-at-arms who were my comrades...
...general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him. Mine were great! Something of the luster of this citation glows on each one's shoulders." During his brief visit to Washington, MacArthur also stopped off at the White House for a private talk with President Kennedy. When he emerged, MacArthur told newsmen: "The President and I discussed the world situation and reminisced about our old comradeship in the Pacific war." Someone wanted to know if he was optimistic or pessimistic about world affairs. "I am completely optimistic," the general replied. "Anybody...